Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Sunday, July 13, 2008
US Election Gets More Interesting.
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With Friends Like This Does Obama Have A Chance?
Notice the portrait on the wall and what's in the fireplace.
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Saturday, July 12, 2008
September 13: To Be or Not To Be?
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Rumors are flying around Nagoya that there will be a major earthquake in Okazaki City, one hour southeast of the city on the Shinkansen line to Tokyo.
It seems that the soothsayers, fortune tellers and Shamans are receiving vibes and as we draw closer, don't be surprised if the superstious and the prudent schedule their vacations over that weekend (Saturday, September 13th).
Personally, I think it is an excellent time to visit - well, anywhere.
Anyone have a direct connection to the "source?"
Rumors are flying around Nagoya that there will be a major earthquake in Okazaki City, one hour southeast of the city on the Shinkansen line to Tokyo.
It seems that the soothsayers, fortune tellers and Shamans are receiving vibes and as we draw closer, don't be surprised if the superstious and the prudent schedule their vacations over that weekend (Saturday, September 13th).
Personally, I think it is an excellent time to visit - well, anywhere.
Anyone have a direct connection to the "source?"
Thursday, July 10, 2008
A call to end child 'kidnappings'
Which country abducts children: North Korea or Japan?
All of Japan wants North Korea to account for the abductions of children like Megumi Yokota and return her if she is still alive. But despite this nationally shared experience of grief, the Japanese government will not return children from other countries abducted to Japan by Japanese citizens. Further, Japan refuses international calls to sign the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. This widely signed treaty requires a country to expeditiously return abducted children to their country of habitual residence. The same thing Japan is asking of North Korea!! Japan has not signed this treaty.
In international parental abduction cases brought to court, Japan claims that parental abduction is not a crime. Courts up to the Supreme Court of Japan routinely refuse to return children to foreign parents with legal custody already ordered by foreign courts. Foreign courts in the country the children were living at the time the Japanese parent abducted them. The issues show that the Japanese government allows its own citizens should be allowed to abduct children from other countries with impunity.
From: The Japan Children's Rights Network
All of Japan wants North Korea to account for the abductions of children like Megumi Yokota and return her if she is still alive. But despite this nationally shared experience of grief, the Japanese government will not return children from other countries abducted to Japan by Japanese citizens. Further, Japan refuses international calls to sign the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. This widely signed treaty requires a country to expeditiously return abducted children to their country of habitual residence. The same thing Japan is asking of North Korea!! Japan has not signed this treaty.
In international parental abduction cases brought to court, Japan claims that parental abduction is not a crime. Courts up to the Supreme Court of Japan routinely refuse to return children to foreign parents with legal custody already ordered by foreign courts. Foreign courts in the country the children were living at the time the Japanese parent abducted them. The issues show that the Japanese government allows its own citizens should be allowed to abduct children from other countries with impunity.
From: The Japan Children's Rights Network
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